The worst power conference teams in football and basketball in 2026
In 2014, Auburn & Florida State met in the BCS title game. This year, their football and hoops results were among the worst of any Power Four schools
The end of the college basketball season gives us a chance to review how well various college sports programs performed in both football and basketball -- men's and women's -- over the past several months. How did this college sports cycle stand out? Which schools were great?
Which ones were horrible? Two of the worst schools might shock you: Auburn and Florida State . The futile five Five Power Four conference schools -- over the past several months -- failed to make a bowl game and failed to make the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments in college basketball.
Those five schools: Auburn , Florida State, Rutgers, Boston College, and Stanford. Rutgers and Boston College not being good isn't shocking. Stanford not making the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament is a surprise, but with legendary coach Tara VanDerveer retired, the program is obviously in decline.
The two real shockers here are Florida State and Auburn. These two schools have established high standards and should expect far better than what happened to them on the gridiron and hardwood over the past several months. Florida State Florida State went 13-0 in the 2023 regular season.